ramble. ramble.
September 26, 2006 | 10:24 PM
曲：Lonely Christmas - 陈奕迅
heard shawn's manager is getting married. this song probably means something. woah.. its a sad sad song man. eason chan is not the best singer, but he has a voice that hits you in the heart. ^^ and i might not understand the cantonese that well, but somehow, the cantonese songs that he sings carries more conviction, in a sense.
need to drag myself out of bed. i like to lie in bed till noon, then become disgusted with myself for not waking up earlier. this will not help when school reopens, you know.
new interest in my life - ice hockey!
MIGHTY DUCKS the movies have been my closet obsession since channel 5 kept repeating them a few years back. so now, i have rediscovered fuji ice palace again. matches on tmr, you'd be surprised how exciting the matches can get. especially when the whole team is 70%
foreign. =P well, talent mahh!
drama cravings! agatha christie can not keep me occupied anymore, especially when i have finished at least 85% of her crime stories. =( i need new japanese dramas, starting with [
UNFAIR] by shinohara ryoko. seems really good lah.
okay. have been rambling a lot. and because i know he reads this, darryn, come out from gaming hole alr?
velda.
just a quiet afternoon.
September 24, 2006 | 2:00 AM
曲：Sarah Beth - Rascal Flatts
a sunday like any sunday. in front of the laptop listening to a beautiful song... ahh shiawase! ^^ rereading agatha christie, waiting for a phone call. the wind blowing in my face, the sun behind the clouds to give just that little bit of shade from an otherwise sunny day.
daydreaming sometimes put your mind off a lot of things. i sort of like it. and i miss quite a lot of people. didnt used to think that i was much of a people person, i mean, i enjoy being myself a lot, yet, there are people i feel like seeing now.
i am getting better. weird eh, i actually like this me. the me who's stronger than she has ever been mentally. berry and i were joking yesterday that after having not met each other in a while, over the phone, the both of us sounded like we have grown up quite a little. i guess it could be true.
i do like my room.
[song update @multiply]
asahi mini ikouyo - SMAP
brand new myself ~boku ni dekiru koto - charcoal filter
sayonara bus - yuzu
kimi no tame ni boku ga tate ni narou - rag fair
velda.
ironna koto.
September 20, 2006 | 10:50 AM
曲：君のために僕が盾になろう - RAG FAIR
new song by RAG FAIR, one of the best a capella bands there are. okkun is simply scary as the voice percussionist. woah. woahhh. but its a beautiful song, and i just watched the PV and started tearing. havent heard from them in a long while le actually, glad they're back with such a great song.
i cnt really type, scratched myself accidentally couple of days back, and the wound on my arm is irritating enough to disallow me to rest the arm on the laptop. so im typing with my arms floating above the keyboard, which is kind of tiring. hees.
emailed billy. havent heard from him in the longest while. miss him loads. actually it was because i read about what had happened in thailand and was kind of worried he would be caught up in it. but he emailed back, saying still can take pictures with the tanks. -_-"
finished [busukoi]. not really that great a drama in terms of script, but the love story was sweet, especially when you think it's real. ahh. yanting's writing a story, and this made me want to try writing a script in the japanese drama format, because that's the format im most familiar with. that is, 9-12 episodes; a story in each episode, yet linking to the main conclusion of a problem in the last episode. incorporating tears and laughter into a 45minute story isnt easy, but i feel like trying. maybe i will.
okayy, i should start now eh. drafting something out. =) perhaps being a scriptwriter isnt tt bad after all... ...
velda.
busukoi.
September 17, 2006 | 11:06 PM
曲：恋のつぼみ – 倖田來未
yanting and i have, out of boredom, created a website to share our songs. and she diecided we should have one to share my japanese songs. highly illegal, i know,but well. i do have a big collection of japanese songs that i think are really good. you can access the multiply site by the link [multiply.hy] at my links. the collection increases all the time, so check it out ehs. if anyone wants any songs that i have, leave a msg ehs? ^^ here's the link: hatsuyuki @ MULTIPLY!
so from now on, everytime i put in something new, ill update it here as well. today, that will be koda kumi's [koi no tsubomi] and teshima aoi's [teru no uta]. ths first song is the theme song to the new drama im watching now, BUSU NO HITOMI NI KOISHITERU. this really shows how far japan audiences have gone to accept dramas..
..as she's the heroine in the show. woots! murakami tomoko! i just learnt that busukoi is a real life story of how the author met his wife. oooh. great, this makes the story so much more fun. the drama was adapted from the book, and it tells the story of how a writer for variety programmes on fujitv fell in love and married a busu, in japanese, literally meaning, ugly, girl. that girl in real life is ohshima miyuki, a comedian in the trio called morisanchu, also consisting of the female lead murakami. inagaki goro plays the super kakkoii writer osamu in this series. havent watched a goro drama in ages, and he makes me like him all over again.
you learn a lot about the variety department of the tv station here - other dramas ive watched showed me into the news department, the drama department.. but this made me see that every variety show i've watched and laughed my ass off at was produced with so much hard work by the writers and producers, and of course the talent.
off to watch the drama. i need more dramas to satisfy my drama craving eh. ^^
velda.
mirai e.
September 15, 2006 | 12:47 PM
曲：風になって – 森山直太朗
you will not believe the dream i had a few days back. i dreamt that kangaroos were chasing me. one of them was in a blue cap or something. it's really amazing that how my morning thoughts appear in my dream in the weirdest ways possible. i woke up and laughed at my stupid dream.
but it did show me that how subconsciously, i am thinking about my next step in life. freaking kangaroos?! i mean, i am that lame even in 90% of the brain i dont use. but tts not the point. melbourne is my point. i do want to go there. and tt means a tough time ahead of me to convince the family. yet, i havent really had many chances to make myself work for what i want. and this goal will do that.
and i think the friends i made in poly have changed me a lot as well. i find myself speaking up more often, slowly having more confidence in myself, and most importantly, learnt to work towards what i want. its that inner peace thing i have been talking about a lot. up till recently, i have been living my life a day at a time, never really thought about what i do want in the future. thats why the inside of me was a mess. and now that i have a gist of an idea of what i want to do, tt feeling of peace is spreading through me. i now know what i want, how to go about getting it, and am confident i can do it. but it will not be easy, i know.
melancholic mood again today eh. but i do want to make it. i realise once i have this goal, every stage of my life now suddenly becomes meaningful. and whether its with him or not, doesnt matter anymore. because i finally understand now, that he doesnt belong in my future. and i will have a good one.
hor darryn hor. must mention him if not he will never come out of that hole of a room where he's cooped up gaming everyday.
love this song. [kaze ni natte] by moriyama naotaro. he has been keeping a low profile, but this song deserves more hype that what its getting. and coincidentally, the cd cover features a boomerang.
hint or what?!
velda.
dear woman.
September 12, 2006 | 11:47 PM
曲：Dear WOMAN - SMAP
what a great great song! i didnt look carefully at the lyrics until a couple of nights back, and it made me tear. was so touched by how SMAP sang it, like they really felt the lyrics in their hearts. this song is about honouring the female sex - the beauty and grace of females of japan and over the world. the lyrics are really good; will try to translate a bit of it here.
君がどんなに否定しても
本当だから揺るがない
「君はとても美しい」という真実
you cannot deny the fact that
you are so beautiful
this first part of the song is sung by kimura takuya. the lyricist turned a big round to say just one sentence, but i guess he wanted to fully emphasize the fact in japanese that yes, you cannot deny the fact that you are beautiful.
the chorus:
WELCOME ようこそ日本へ
君が今ここにいること
とびきりの運命に 心からありがとう
今日も 君が君らしく
青空の下で輝いている
きれいだね 君こそ我が誇り
Dear WOMAN
welcome to japan
im thankful for this extraordinary fate
that brought you here in front of me
just like every other day,
shine brlliantly like you always do under the blue sky
how beautiful you are
it's you we are proud of
dear woman
isnt that beautiful? there is a part in the lyrics that hit me - when SMAP sang [君が君でいることが とても美しい 忘れないでいて] do not forget that just by being who you are, your beauty shines through. ooh. good lyrics! the guy who wrote it really made me feel he meant what he said. hahas. and the PV of this song is nice. shingo is really really surprisingly good-looking. =)
anws, enough of that. results out at midnight last night. did quite well, was quite surprised actually, thought i will flunk programming badly, but it was hokayy, i guess. andre probably is jumping about in joy, congrats mate! ^^ everyone did okay, i think. at least no need to do supp papers, like what joy said. hahas. well.
a slow day today. love it! vance is out studying (i suppose) and so the house is mine! yay! off to read how hercule poirot catches the last murderer in his career. >_<
and OOPS i almost forgot. chef calvin's birthday today! omedetou! ooh, he's getting older. hahas, he'll probably bish me up if i said that to him one more time. called him after midnight and of course he was outside celebrating. typical arh. probably go down to the hotel to yum cha with them soon.
velda.
lafamille wong.
September 11, 2006 | 6:35 AM
曲：奏 – スキマスイッチ
bbq at siyi's house on sunday. woots. the wong family in a gathering once again, to celebrate vance, mummy's, yi ma, and uncle hon leong's birthdays. the september babies! as tradition goes, a wong family barbeque will not be complete without the rain! yay! so we had to bring down makeshift bbq stoves and hotplates to cook the "everytime order too much" food. and many photographs.
whose hands?!
click on the picture to see the whole family in action. i really love the picture, because it really shows everyone acting siao! and no, the white chocolate with macadamia nuts cake from secret recipe is not the most important thing in this picture. even pinot the adidog is in the shot. woots. too bad merlot the other doggie maltese was at grandma's home.
ikea with joy today. i think i havent met anyone who doesnt love the smell of ikea when you first step through the doors - that woody, clean smell you also notice on their catalogues. hahas.
jason and yinyin as SEMI-2 on the ultimate comedian! please support them ehs. jason can really act man. woots!
the new drama on channel 8 at 9pm should be worth a watch. family matters starring ivy lee, terence cao and the best best shuai-est actor mediacorp has ever come out with, thomas ong! wahaha. i remember him in countless 1990s dramas where he made such a great impact. what? he's a lawyer in this show? ooh, must watch must watch!
im off to vote for jason and semi-2 alr. =)
velda.
crapping. and smap.
September 9, 2006 | 1:20 AM
曲：ハルカナ約束 – KAT-TUN
had this really fun but sick time with jess, her sis, yanting and darryn at the prata house last night. i think i havent laughed so loudly in a long time already. really! goodness, we were actually making a fool of ourselves in that place, seeing that it was so crowded and everything. i probably laughed the loudest. we were actually discussing the best-looking races in the world (probably boring darryn to death at the same time) and analysing why jessica finds some types of guys attractive and thinking why me, yanting and jennifer can hardly understand her tastes. or something like tt.
anws, i havent been this lame in a long long time man. but i enjoyed it, seriously, because we were all just crapping and enjoying each other's company. we need more prata and moments like this. hahas.
0909. smap's debut erm..many years ago. i think. not really much of a smap fan, but recently yanting's quite caught up with them, and tt reminded me of my obsession with smapxsmap, which is a wonderfully well-produced variety programme. congrats smap! kimura takuya is and probably will continue being the sexiest man japan has ever come up with. hahas, i havent gotten over the talk we had last night. anws, i think i can see what kind of guys i actually go for just by looking at who i'd choose in smap. i used to think it will be kimura takuya, but heyy.. i realised i like katori shingo more. a lot more. he's just.. erm, i dont know. funny eh, i didnt use to think him attractive. hmm. needs some thinking about.
funny. was searching the internet for SMAP and found out that it also means Simple Mail Access Portocol. =P but i guess johnny kitagawa beat them to it bahh. SMAP was out in 1988, that simple mail access thingie probably didnt come out till later..
okayy, off to watch USO? Japan now. arashi in 2002 are cute. =)
have you ever thought about how watching old editions of shows on tv make u wonder what u were doing in those years? what was i doing in 2002? seriously i just grow older and older. just like that.
velda.
scotchland!
September 6, 2006 | 11:05 PM
曲：Wonderful Life - &G
SMAP shot a beautiful PV of this song for goro (&G) in paris. the first parts were hilarious and everything, but then they stood under the lighted-up Eiffel Tower during the climax of the song, and seriously it was beautiful. i had a weird feeling of wanting to visit paris with someone i loved. really. go WATCH IT when you have the time. ^^
spoke about paris because my hou pang yao andy is leaving for europe today! ahh! super jealous. well, have fun hor, and be careful! =)
to me, europe means scotland and scandinavia. and andre is trying to tempt me to go europe with him in march by adding scotland into his itinerary. argh! but im not one for backpacking ehs, but its scotland! the land of castles and bagpipes and kilts and lush rolling green fields. and sexy accents. heheh. have you ever heard sean biggerstaff speak? he's oliver wood in harry potter and the sorceror's stone. he has a really cute accent that makes me smile everytime i hear it. and he's from glasgow! >_< sorry, scotland just makes me excited.
sean biggerstaff - so cute lahh.
velda.
to shaheen.
September 5, 2006 | 10:39 PM
曲：世界に一つだけの花 - SMAP
when we are grieving, emotions flunctuate, tears come unexpectedly, and tt emptiness in our hearts, we feel, no one can understand. this entry is dedicated to one dear friend of mine - a great classmate, and a wonderful, funny friend. i dont think i wll be able to understand how she's feeling, or even comprehend the depth of her pain, but i just want her to know, that the whole class is with her, and always willing to stand by her.
while we were all going about doing what we enjoyed doing, relaxing, having fun, she was in tears - that i cannot get out of my mind. how i wish i was there, how i wished we were all there to hold her hand in those moments of uncertainty and shock.
but she will be strong, i know it, because she is who she is. and i will be there waiting for her to smile at me again, and say, "hi, velda!" when i meet her in school.
princess kiko gave birth to a baby boy today. the boy who will, in the future, become japan's emperor. somewhere in the world, people are celebrating, while people are grieving. yet without this continuous miracle of birth and death, we would not be where we are now.
“If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them." - The Crow
sketch.book
September 3, 2006 | 12:21 AM
曲：天天夜夜 ﹣ F.I.R
great song mel! hahas. and andy and simin sang it as well. was listening to it late last night..around 2am? and it touched me the way Seal's [Kiss From a Rose] touches me if i listen to it in the middle of the night. goosebumps and a weird sort of happiness. it made me feel nostalgic, so i went to bed.
before i fell asleep, i sat on the floor and looked through all the sketch books i've used since i was in secondary two, which was.. 2001? yah. i had garnered quite a collection, eh. looked at what happened in school, the thoughts i had, the songs that i wrote the lyrics down for. it was a somehow peaceful experience. many people contributed to those books as well. i think when i have nothing to do, the sketch book comes out and i start writing or drawing, and people just join in. sketches, names, words.. handwriting that was not mine fill the books.
my words to myself fill it as well. encouraging, frustration.. it all told me how i felt at a certain time of my life. from 2001 to 2006. woah. from 14 to almost 19. i was reminiscing again; but seriously i like thinking back, and i dont trap myself in it. i look forward to what will happen in the next segment of my life a lot. and i want to smile, and laugh, and feel happy. ^^
爱一个人，是包容了他的缺点.
just like a little quote now and then.
velda.
sasuke.
September 1, 2006 | 9:37 AM
曲：旅立ち君へ – サスケ
kitashimizu yuta & okuyama yuji
i need more SASUKE! they are a really good group, and i havent heard from them in a while le. remember watching music station one day where sasuke made their first appearance. tv asahi showed a clip of sasuke busking outside a train station in japan, and the people in front of them crying because they were really touched by the song and its lyrics. i was amazed. if a song can make a stranger cry, i would have to get my hands on that cd.
and so i did, and just listening to the first song, i smiled. it was called [SMILE], and in it sasuke asked people to wipe their tears, and stay happy. hmm. i think in 2004, i joined an online webzine ONGAKU-ONLINE as a writer and i did a review of tt great album. the webzine is defunct now, unfortunately. but i was so impressed that i looked out for sasuke's singles after that. the rest of the album is equally good, but only seven songs! ah! i need more! all their songs ran on the lines of smiling for the future, standing up after a fall. loved them.
vance's birthday today. my brother finally turns 17. he better do well for his Os or else. hahas. realise matsujun has a picture on his birthday and vance doesnt. =P
velda.
